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Patented Apr. 18,1911.

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Patented Apr. 18, 191'1.

JAMES J. CONNOLLY, JR., F NEW BEDFORD,

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TOY MERRY-GO-Rm T0 all 'whom z' may concern.' Be it known that I, JannesJ. CONNOLLY, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at. XcnBedford, in the county of Bristol, State ot Massachusetts, have inventedcsrtain new and useful Improvements in Toy .\lerr r-Go-Rounds; and I doherehydeclnre thc following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit. apport-aine to make 'and use the same.y v

This invention relates to toy merry-go- .round:. and has for one of itsobjects to .simplify and improve the construction and decreasetheexpense ot' manufacture of devices ot' this character. l

'ith these and other objects in view the invention consists in a basemember having :i lateral projection at one. sidefor support- 0V ing amotor, a plurality of spaced posts at.

the margin of the base., a central post mounted for rotation upon thebase, a floor mem.

her carried oy the post near its lower end, a disk carried hy the'postintermediate its 25. ends and provided with a plurality of radieting;lfirms from which figures of persons, animals or objects are suspended,Aa cap bearing upon the. upper'end of' the central post, radiating. staymembers between the cap and the i'narginal posts, and means whereby therotary motion of the motor is imparted to the central post and thence tothe arms carrying the figures.

. The. invention further consists in certain 0 novel features ofconstruct-ion as hereafter shown and described and then specificallypointed ont in the claim, and in the drawings illustrative of the.preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 isA u plan view of theimproved device. .Fig 2 is a' sideelevaticn with portions in section 0nthe line-Z-Q of Fig. l. Fig. 3 isa plan view in section on the line 3-3of Fig. 2. Fig.

l is an enlarved sectional detail illustrating the. construction of thehead portion of the improved device.

The improved device comprises a base 10,

preferably or' wood and formed with alut.-

eral projection 11 at one side, the base hav- '50 ing central socket orstep l2 and with s :iced marginal apertures to receive vertical yholdingdevices 13 operating to suport a plurality of spaced vertical posts 14.

L e member 10 is preferably circular and the posts 14 arethereforearranged at equal y Spectcation :it Letters Patent. PatentedApr, 18, 1911, Appneamn mea november 2619o9. snat no. 530,012.

distances apart around the margin of the base. For the purpose ofillustration live of these posts are shown, but it will be im derstoodthat any required number may be employed. Each ofthe posts 14 tsprovxdedi0 'with a pin 15 extending from its upper end,

the'object to be hereafter explained'.

Centrally of the base portion 10 e poat'l is arranged, the lower end efthe post having a stud 17 fitted in the socket 12 und ro- 5 tativetherein, while a stud 18 extends from the upper end of the central post,as shown. Mounted upon the post 16 and spaced a short distance from itslower end is a floor i 1S preferably of heavy cardboard and in 70circular shape with its margin s slightly from the'posts 14. Y Arrangedabove the stud 18 of the oem tral post, is a cap member 20 havingasocket bearing over the stud 18, The cop is pref- I5 erahly cone shapeas shown, and with a tubui lar sleeve 21 upon its upper end, the sleevebeing utilized to carry n smell pole 22 to support a flag 23 or otherornement. VTho lower end of the cap 20is formed with); 80 short verticalportion 24, and ittin into the vertical portion at. their inner en s area plurality of rods 25, the rods equal in number to the 'posts 14 andeuch rod pro vided with an eye 26 fitting over one of the 88 pins 15 ofthe posts, whereby the member is coupled to the posts and su ported in1208ition to carry the u per en of the post 16 and thus support-, t elatter in vertical position. l 90 Mounted upon the post 16 and' spacedbelow its upper end is a disk 27, the d' connected securely to thecentral post and pai-taking of its motion. Connected to tho disk 2? area plurality et arms 28, the arms 95 arranged radially of the disk, as.shown. Each of the arms 28 is formed with its inner end inclined undsecuned as by screws 29 or other fastening means to the disk 27, andeach of the arms is likewise provided y with spaced vertical aperturesto receive vertical rods 30, the rods utilized to carry g. ures ofpeople, animals and thel like, ns shown.' By this means it will beobviousk that when the post 16 is rotated the disk 27 105i with its arms28-and the figures supported upon the rods 30 will b'e rotated with tho'post andlkewisewith the iloor, -ss hereafter more fully explained;

Mountedupon. 'the projection 11 issn-toy nos motor 31 which may be anordinary toy steam engine having means such :is an al- -cohol lamp forgenerating the requisite heat to produce the steam and with a cranlrshaft 32 having a' cord pulley 3?. Connected to the post 16 between thetloor 19 and the socket l2 is a cord pulley 34 around which a cord beit35 leads from the pulley 33 of the engine. Rising from the base oppositethe extension 11 is a horizontal shaft. 3G liaving depending ends 37 bywhich it is supported spaced above the base. Mounted for rota- `tionupon the shaft 27 are two guide pulleys E38-39. thejguide pulleys beingloose upon the shaft 36. Rising from the base 10 are two spaced guidepins 4041 in position to guide the cord belt 35 in its passage from thepulleys 3&-39 and between 'the pulleys S23- 34... By this simple meansit will be obvious that the belt will be prop- 'y erly lguided in itsoperation and prevented from running off from the pulleys.

` y sion 11 being integral, while the floor 19 will preferably be ofpasteboard of sufficient thickness to be self Sustaining when attachedto the post. The cord pulley 34 will also preferably be of wood Whilethe suspension -rods 30, the 'stay rods 25 the su porting sleeve 21 andthe flag staff 22 wil preferably be of metal. The shaft 36 with itsdepending ends 37 will preferably be formed A of'a single piece of Wirewith the terminals of the portions 37 inserted into sockets in the base10, while the pins l0- 4l will also be of wire inserted at their ends inthe base.

The guide pullevs 3S- 39 may he of wood or metal as preferred, while theengine ein`- ployed may be any of the ordinary toy engines in commonuse.

The figures 42 may be varied to any required extent and figures alreadymanufactured may be. employed or figures may be 5ov y constructedespecially for the device. The.

figures ivill be, detachably .connected to the rods 30 so that they maybe changed as required to increase the interest in the toy and to enablethe child to change tbe figures around as desired. f f

Vv'liat is claimed is A toy nierry-go-round eoinprisiner a haseiiieuiber provided with a central step and spaced marginal apertures. acentral post rotatively engaging iii said step, .spaced outer postshavingr pinsrxtending frm-n' their ends and engaging by the pins at oneend in said marginal apertures. a can niember fitting upon said centralpost and in which the same revolves. rods extending between said Capmember and the upper pins of said spaced posts, a dial; conne-fled tosaid central post intermediate the ends, a

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second disk secured to said central postY adjacent its loivei' end andadapted to serve as a. rotating platform, a plurality of arms radiatingfroinsaid upper disk` and a plu rality of figures depending from saidarms above said rotating platform. j

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES .i CoNNoLLY, JR. 'itnesses l J. J. HUGHES, PiiiLiAs J. GAUvIN.

